The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: A Play

by Ronald Harwood, Evelyn Waugh

In 1954, Evelyn Waugh, reacting against a bitterly cold winter, and suffering from bouts of rheumatism and insomnia and forgetfulness, set off alone on a sea voyage to Ceylon. On his return to England, he confided to a friend, ‘I haven't seen you for a long time, but then I've seen so few people because - did you know? - I went mad.' By February 1956 he felt strong enough to describe in detail what happened during the voyage. The result was a short novel, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. In this dramatisation Ronald Harwood skilfully recreates the ordeal of a man living through a nightmare of intrigue and conspiracy, beset by hallucinations and voices in the air. Originally starring Michael Hordern.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL (born Ronald Horwitz; 9 November 1934) was an author, playwright and screenwriter. He was most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).

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